Fix: return the correct index when duplicates in binary_search #13901
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Fixes #13886
Describe your change:
This pull request fixes the behavior of the
binary_searchalgorithm when the input list contains duplicate elements.Previously, the algorithm returned the middle duplicate index instead of the first occurrence of the target value.
This implementation modifies the loop logic so that the search continues to the left whenever a match is found, ensuring the first index is returned.
Example of the fix:
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